Sustainable Farming

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the history of Cuban sustainable agriculture and farming. 

Specifically, I look at why sustainable and organic methods, such as urban farms and market gardens, proliferated in Cuban farming, and what that might mean for farmers markets and local food systems in countries like the United States. 

Some of the principles of Cuban agriculture could be used to build a system in opposition to our current industrial food and factory farm system.

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Our Changing Climate

Eco Tourism

Tourism is one of Cuba’s major industries, earning the country almost two billion dollars a year in foreign currency. 

But with the United States continuing to ban its citizens from taking vacations to the island, growth has been slow.

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CGTN

Entrepreneurship

Cuban entrepreneurs, running businesses ranging from selling dried fruit to repairing bikes and developing software, are scrambling to understand the opportunities and challenges ahead after a landmark change in the rules governing the island's economy.

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Reuters

Climate Change

This documentary shows how Cuba is using environmental science, natural solutions, and community participation in its long-term plan for climate change adaptation and mitigation. 

In 2017, the Cuban government approved the State Plan to Confront Climate Change, known as ‘Tarea Vida’. As a Caribbean island, Cuba is disproportionately affected by climate change through extreme weather events, heat waves, drought, torrential rain, hurricanes, and rising sea levels. 

Up to 10% of Cuban territory could be submerged by the end of the century, forcing one million people to relocate. 

This threat requires new forms of organisation to protect human lives, the economy, and the environment. 

The Cubans have a plan.

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